- Don’t let participants ramble or get off the subject. The
meeting leader has a responsibility to keep the meeting
under control and on subject.
1 3. If the meeting’s goal is to resolve a dispute, sit near or have eye
contact with your allies, and try to separate your opponents.
1 4. Review the meeting’s results at its conclusion so that
future meetings can be improved.
1 5. Try to keep the number of meeting attendees to a maxi-
mum of eight.
1 6. Don’t waste time on visual aids if they’re not visual and
dramatic, if they are hard to read or understand, or if
the information is more effectively rendered in written
handouts.
1 7. Don’t hesitate to schedule a meeting when necessary. If prob-
lems crop up and hard decisions are needed, it’s better to get
the principals together and solve the problem quickly.
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